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Mystic Cults in Magna Graecia
2009
Overview
In Vergil's Aeneid , the poet implies that those who
have been initiated into mystery cults enjoy a blessed situation
both in life and after death. This collection of essays brings new
insight to the study of mystic cults in the ancient world,
particularly those that flourished in Magna Graecia (essentially
the area of present-day Southern Italy and Sicily).
Implementing a variety of methodologies, the contributors to
Mystic Cults in Magna Graecia examine an array of features
associated with such \"mystery religions\" that were concerned with
individual salvation through initiation and hidden knowledge rather
than civic cults directed toward Olympian deities usually
associated with Greek religion. Contributors present contemporary
theories of ancient religion, field reports from recent
archaeological work, and other frameworks for exploring mystic
cults in general and individual deities specifically, with
observations about cultural interactions throughout. Topics include
Dionysos and Orpheus, the Goddess Cults, Isis in Italy, and Roman
Mithras, explored by an international array of scholars including
Giulia Sfameni Gasparro (\"Aspects of the Cult of Demeter in Magna
Graecia\") and Alberto Bernabé (\"Imago Inferorum Orphica\"). The
resulting volume illuminates this often misunderstood range of
religious phenomena.
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Subject
ISBN
0292719027, 9780292719026
